Plauti Bacchides. Edited, with Introduction, Notes, &c., by J. McCosh,
M.A. (Methuen and Co.)—Some years ago Mr. McCosh, happening to " lift" (why " lift " ?) an old edition of Ritschl, and making further inquiries, "was considerably dis- appointed to find that little or nothing had been done by English scholars for Plautus." As he mentions a good many English editions in his list, and praises some of them, his inquiries seem not to have been altogether disappointing. The fact is the English editions are mostly intended for schools, and moral considerations, though Mr. McCosh takes no account of them, have to be weighed. We do not know for whom this edition is intended. Mr. McCosh says it is" not for scholars in the special application of that term." This is ambiguous, but the copious critical annotation would seem to show that by " scholar " is meant "learner." The notes are specially full of references. This, indeed, is their most valuable feature. They are something of a Plautine concord- ance. At the same time, the difficulties of the text are grappled with.
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